Acts. 459

the said Warehouses are Placed to kill or Cause them to be killed
or destroyed

Liber H. S.
No. 1

And be it enacted that if any of the Warehouses herein before
mentioned shall happen to be Burnt the loss of Tobacco Sustained
thereby shall be made Good and repaired to the Several Persons
injured by an Allowance in the Publick levy at the next Sessions
after such Loss and in Case of such Accident no Inspector or
Inspectors shall be sued or Molested for or by reason of any
Promissary Notes or Receipts by them given for any Tobacco
burnt in the said Warehouse but shall be altogether Acquitted and
Discharged of and from the Payment of the Tobacco in such Notes
or receipts, mentioned: any thing before to the Contrary not-
withstanding

[Ware-
houses hap-
pening to be
burnt, the
Tobacco
how Paid
for]

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
Clerk of each County within this Province do and shall Provide
a well Bound or Stiched Book to have recorded therein all the
Proceedings of the Justices relating to the Act and that it be the
duty of the Clerk of the County Court for the Time being to attend
them on all Occasions relating to the Act And that he be Qualified
by Oath before some Magistrate to keep fair and just Entries of
the Proceedings of the said Justices and do all Necessary Services
in relation to this Act that shall be required of him by the Justices

[County
Clerks Duty
in assisting
Magistrates]

aforesaid for all which Services he shall Annually be Allowed out
of the Profitts arising by Virtue of this Act a sum not exceeding
eight hundred Pounds of Tobacco and for the better Detecting of
Inspectors who shall not do their duty

[To be al-
lowed 800tb
of Tobacco]

Be it enacted that the Justices of the County Court shall hear and
Determine all Complaints against them and if they shall find them
defficient in their duty they shall remove any such Inspector or
Inspectors and their Proceedings shall be in a Summary way, and
if they Adjudge any Inspector or Inspectors to be removed the said
Justices in such Case shall with all Convenient Speed Notify the
same to the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being
Provided always that the Inspector or Inspectors to be Complained
against be summoned to Appear and make his or their Defence but
in Case he or they will not Appear his Non Appearance shall be
taken for a Confession without some reasonable excuse be given
for the same

[Ill practices
of Inspectors
how pun-
ished]

And for Preventing the Clandestine Transportation of bad and
unmerchantable Tobacco from this Province into the Colony of
Virginia or the Province of Pensylvania or the three lower Counties
on Delaware called New Castle Kent and Sussex or the reputed
Limits of the said Province or Counties as now settled by In-
habitants or to any other Ports or Places Whatsoever out of this
Province and also for the better Preventing the Exportation of
Tobacco in Bulk or Parcells Be it enacted by the Authority afore-

[Trash
Tobacco not
to be trans-
ported out
of the
Province, by
Land or
Water]